A person who makes bobbins or spools out of wood for the textile industry

Name
Boich

Term description

To cough with difficulty

Name
Boll

Term description

The basic unit of dry capacity, which varied from place to place and depending on what was being measured. When applied to grain, it was equal to 4 firlots or around 3 imperial bushels. For more information, see our guide on weights and measures.

Name
Bombardier

Term description

A non-commissioned officer in some artillery regiments

Name
Bonat-maker/bonatmaker/bonnat-maker/bonnetmaker

Term description

One who makes ladies' headwear

Name
Bone shave

Term description

Sciatica; neuralgia femoropoplites.

Name
Bone-setter

Term description

Surgeon

Name
Bonnet laird

Term description

A small landowner (wore a bonnet, not the hat of the gentry).

Name
Boocher

Term description

Uncontrolled cough

Name
Bookbinder

Term description

One who makes covers and applies them to books

Name
Bookmaker

Term description

One who arranges betting for others

Name
Books of Council and Session

Term description

Another title for the Register of Deeds and Probative Writs in which, according to the directions they contain, deeds were registered for preservation and execution, or for preservation only.

Name
Bookseller

Term description

One who sells books to the public

Name
Boot laster

Term description

A person who fits the parts of boots/shoes to a last (model of foot on which they are made or repaired)

Name
Boot sprigger

Term description

A person who nails boots together with sprigs, small headless or almost headless nails